Define services in Docker Compose — entrypoint
entrypoint declares the default entrypoint for the service container.
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entrypoint declares the default entrypoint for the service container. This overrides the ENTRYPOINT instruction from the service's Dockerfile.
If entrypoint is non-null, Compose ignores any default command from the image, for example the CMD instruction in the Dockerfile.
See also command to set or override the default command to be executed by the entrypoint process.
In its short form, the value can be defined as a string
Alternatively, the value can also be a list, in a manner similar to the Dockerfile
If the value is null, the default entrypoint from the image is used.
If the value is [] (empty list) or '' (empty string), the default entrypoint declared by the image is ignored, or in other words, overridden to be empty.
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